'Testimonials – Horizon 2020'

In the framework of 'Horizon 2020 framework programme for Research and Innovation', the European Commission (Directorate-General RTD) has launched an on-going project called 'Testimonials – Horizon 2020' where a number of renowned European researchers, entrepreneurs , politicians and academics shared their views on the future of European research in a short video interview.

About 8000 testimonies are to be shown, a new one every day, from the 30th November until 31st December 2013, on the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 website:

Horizon 2020 is the financial instrument implementing the Innovation Union, a Europe 2020 flagship initiative aimed at securing Europe's global competitiveness. Running from 2014 to 2020 with an €80 billion budget, the EU’s new programme for research and innovation is part of the drive to create new growth and jobs in Europe.